Part 4096

<h1>Extimulation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tim`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Stimulation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Things insipid, and without any <b>extimulation</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extinct</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tinct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extinctus</ets>, <ets>exstinctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extinguere</ets>, <ets>exstinguere</ets>. See <er>Extinguish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Extinguished; put out; quenched; <as>as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is <ex>extinct</ex>; an <ex>extinct</ex> volcano.</as></def>

<blockquote>Light, the prime work of God, to me is <b>extinct</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without a survivor; without force; dead; <as>as, a family becomes <ex>extinct</ex>; an <ex>extinct</ex> feud or law.</as></def>

<h1>Extinct</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tinct"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to be extinct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Extinction</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tinc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extinctio</ets>, <ets>exstinction</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extinction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; <as>as, the <ex>extinction</ex> of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim</as>.</def>

<h1>Extine</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exter</ets> on the outside. Cf. <er>Intine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.</def>

<h1>Extinguish</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tin"guish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extinguished</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extinguishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extinguere</ets>, <ets>exstinguere</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>stinguere</ets> to quench. See <er>Distinguish</er>, <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; <as>as, to <ex>extinguish</ex> a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A light which the fierce winds have no power to <b>extinguish</b>. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This <b>extinguishes</b> my right to the reversion. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.</def>

<blockquote>Natural graces that <b>extinguish</b> art. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>.

<h1>Extinguishable</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tin"guish*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.</def>

<h1>Extinguisher</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tin"guish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.</def>

<h1>Extinguishment</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tin"guish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; <as>as, the <ex>extinguishment</ex> of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.</def>